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2000 SESSION
HB 512 Computer Proficiency Enhancement Project; created, study.
Introduced by: Kenneth R. Plum | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Computer Proficiency Enhancement Project. Creates the Computer Proficiency Enhancement Project ("Project") to be administered by the Virginia Department of Education ("Department"). The bill requires the Department to designate six schools (two elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools) located in economically disadvantaged areas of the Commonwealth as Project schools. The Department is to provide portable computers to these schools. The portable computers may be used in classroom settings and shall be available to students to take home. The Project will last three academic years, at the end of which the Department will report to the Governor and the General Assembly regarding the successes and shortcomings of the Project, along with the Department's recommendation regarding the Project. The Department is also required to provide interim reports to the Joint Commission on Technology and Science at the end of each academic year of the Project. The bill contains a sunset date of July 1, 2004. This bill is a recommendation of the Joint Commission on Technology and Science.
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HISTORY
- 01/18/00 House: Presented & ordered printed 002194264
- 01/18/00 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/31/00 House: Assigned to Education sub-committee: 2
- 02/11/00 House: Continued to 2001 in Education (23-Y 0-N)